Castlereagh
Townland in the civil parish of Lemanaghan, barony of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Caisleán Riabhach
- Area
- 128.6 ha
- 318 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 35,027 m² (3.5 ha, 8.66 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlereagh, from 109 m² to 173,561 m² (17.36 ha, 42.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Castlereagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Feb 2017Conditional
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED ENTRANCE/ SITEWORKS
Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 1745
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Castlereagh.
Recorded monuments
- OF007-022 Moated site
Description
Situated on low-lying poorly drained land with higher ground to the NE. Square shaped area (diam 38m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 2m), wide flat bottomed fosse (Wth 3m; ext. H 1m) with possible ramped entrance (Wth 3m) at E, with no evidence of an external bank. The site is not marked on the first two editions of the six inch maps which makes classification tentative. Its shape and location indicate that it is a moated site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-023 Enclosure
Description
Located on top of a natural low hillock in undulating countryside. Roughly circular area (diam 28m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.7m) with no evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature. The interior of the site slopes from SE to NW following the natural slope of the low hillock. Natural bedrock protrudes from the surface of the interior in several places. Difficult to imagine site as a habitation site such as a ringfort due to protruding bedrock and lack of diagnostic features. Depicted on first edition of the OS 6-inch map as a possible landscape feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-024 Enclosure
Description
No surface evidence remains of any archaeological site in area marked on OS 6-inch map. Natural hollow may show up on aerial photo as an enclosure (GSI N 328/9). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-025 Enclosure
Description
Situated on top of an E-W ridge in undulating countryside. Natural ridge which has been quarried on its N side with no evidence of any archaeological features visible. Probably destroyed after 1840 as it was marked on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map and not on the later editions. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-026 Enclosure
Description
Not visible at ground level. Site was levelled several years ago. Silage pit located on the site of the levelled enclosure which according to the landowner was a univallate ringfort. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castlereagh.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castlereagh.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Castlereagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.
The townland
- Name
- Castlereagh · An Caisleán Riabhach
- Area
- 1,285,931 m² (128.59 ha, 317.76 acres)
- Civil parish
- Lemanaghan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Garrycastle
- Electoral division
- Doon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Doon electoral division: 543 people in 180 households; 91% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cooldorragh, Glebe, Lackagh More, Rashinagh, Togher
- Placenames
- Castlereagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.